Monthly Archives: March 2012

Startup Weekend GOV: Seattle

Hey techies, want to do something cool for the neighborhood? P'raps you want to check out Startup Weekend GOV. Startup Weekend is a cool series of events worldwide where technophiles gather for a intense, weekend long friendly competition to team up and create new services and applications, in the space of just a couple days. Participants work through the day and night, surviving on pizza and energy drinks while they go from concept to creation. And Seattle is to play host…

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Cesar Chavez Day at Irwin’s

Adam Stoeckle, Wallingford resident and graduate architecture student at the UW, has been working on a thesis project on the farmworker community in the Skagit Valley. He writes: In honor of National Cesar Chavez Day, all Irwin's Bakery locations are participating in a fundraiser this weekend to support the farmworker community in Western Washington. A portion of the proceeds from every Caesar Salad purchase will support Catholic Community Services of Western Washington's "Creating Futures for Farmworkers of Western Washington Initiative." This initiative…

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Edible Books Festival Saturday

Don't forget, this Saturday is the 7th Annual Seattle Edible Book Festival at the Good Shepherd Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave N). Yes, we all love to devour a good book on a weekend, but this is more literal, if you'll pardon the pun. Each year, contestants create edible interpretations of their favorite writing, poetic license encouraged. The web site offers  The Brothers Karamatzah, S'more and Peace, and The Bun Also Rises as examples. The lovely at the right is "Don Quichote".…

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Mosaic’s 5th Anniversary Celebration

In honor of turning five, Mosaic Coffeehouse (4401 2nd Avenue NE) is throwing a big shindig on Saturday evening, March 31, beginning at 7PM. Everyone is invited to the anniversary celebration, with musical performances by Manubi, Darren Guyaz, and more. Suggested donation is $20 and you can buy your tickets here.

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Seattle Restaurant Week Returns

Get your palates ready for sumptuous dining around Wallingford--and beyond. Seattle Restaurant Week happens April 8-12 and again on April 15-19, when restaurants will offer three-course dinners for $28, and some will even offer $15 for a three-course lunch. Not only will you have 150 restaurants to choose from, but you'll also have the chance to participate in a little contest called "Eat & Seek" if you own a smartphone. Here's the 411: All participating restaurants will post the QR code in…

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Library Levy Meeting

We Wallingfordians sure do love our library branch, no? If not for its size, then certainly for its convenience. Of course, since the last five rounds of library budget cuts, that convenience has waned a bit, and we often hear a collective groan during the annual week-long closure; but now, The City Council is holding a public hearing on a proposed Library levy that would provide funding for more library hours, an increase in staff, better collections, and improved technology. The levy is proposed for…

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King County Councilmember Larry Phillips

We'd like to welcome our newest sponsor here on Wallyhood, King County Councilmember Larry Phillips. As a representative of our district, we've asked him to share a few words. Take it away, Councilmember Phillips: I’m Larry Phillips, your representative on the King County Council.  I’ve been a longtime representative of District 4 on the council, and starting in 2012, the District 4 boundaries expanded east to 1st Avenue NE to include a large portion of the Wallingford neighborhood.  I look forward…

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